Anaptyxis Definition

anaptiksis
anaptyxes
noun
Epenthesis of a vowel.
Webster's New World

(phonetics) Epenthesis of a vowel – insertion of a vowel. For example, the middle ‘-a-’ in thataway, or use of infixes -i- and -o- in coining English words on classical roots.

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Other Word Forms of Anaptyxis

Noun

Singular:
anaptyxis
Plural:
anaptyxes

Origin of Anaptyxis

  • From Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anaptuksis).

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